Helpful information to register for the AP exams in Pa.

NORRISTOWN — The Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia Andrea Canepari has put together the following information to help students register and plan for the Italian Advanced Placement exam.

If a student has decided to take an AP course, find out how to register for the exam.

If your school offers AP courses, contact your AP Coordinator to register. They will order the exams, collect fees and let you know when and where to show up.

Students can take as many AP Exams as they want; in fact, the AP Program doesn’t require you to take an AP course before taking an AP Exam.

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However, there are some rules to know before signing up for exams.

For example, if two exams are scheduled for the same time, ask the AP Coordinator for information about taking one of the exams during the late-testing period.

Also, students may repeat an exam in a subsequent year, but both scores will be reported unless you request that one be withheld or canceled.

Additionally, home-schooled students may be able to take the AP Exam by arranging to test at a participating school.

To do so, contact AP Services (+1 888 225 5427 or +1 212 632 1781) to get the names and telephone numbers of local, participating AP Coordinators willing to test outside students. Then, call the AP Coordinators identified by AP Services no later than March 17.

When calling Coordinators to arrange testing, make sure to tell them of the desire to locate a school willing to administer exams to home-schooled students or students from schools that do not offer AP Exams.

Once an agreeable school is located, that school’s AP Coordinator is responsible for ordering your exam materials, telling students when and where to report for the exams, and collecting fees, which may be higher to cover the school’s additional proctoring or administration costs. That school must administer the exams.

On exam day, students must bring a valid government- or school-issued photo ID with you to the exam. If students have approval from the College Board to test with accommodations, that Student Accommodation Letter must also be brought.

If participants attend a school that doesn’t offer AP, those students should not use the school code for the school where the test is being taken. Instead, use the school code so your exam score(s) will be reported to your school.

If a student is home-schooled, use the state or international home-school/self-study code that will be given to you on the day of the exam.